46 USC 57521: Termination of charter during national emergency
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46 USC 57521: Termination of charter during national emergency Text contains those laws in effect on August 17, 2024
From Title 46-SHIPPINGSubtitle V-Merchant MarinePart F-Government-Owned Merchant VesselsCHAPTER 575-CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELSSUBCHAPTER II-CHARTERS
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§57521. Termination of charter during national emergency

A charter under this chapter shall provide that during a national emergency proclaimed by the President or a period for which the President has proclaimed that the security of the national defense makes it advisable, the Secretary of Transportation may terminate the charter without cost to the United States Government on such notice to the charterer as the President determines.

( Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1668 .)

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57521 46 App.:1202(d). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, §712(d), 49 Stat. 2010 ; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 555, §1, 53 Stat. 1254 ; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(114), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 163 .